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the determination of microscopic subtleties. If the observer's 
eye be not constantly aided and educated with his hands, he 
is almost certain to be misled; though few persons, as yet, 
seem to be aware of the fact; and to their ignorance may be 
attributed not a few of the errors which appear in print, even 
at the present day. To those who practically acknowledge 
the justice of these remarks, and to them only, the preceding 
memoir is now submitted. _ 
W. Witson. 
Warrington, Nov, 12, 1843. 
Notices of some Braziutan FuwGr. By the Rev. M. J. 
Berke ey, M.A., F.L.S.; being a sequel to the Contribu- 
tions towards a FLoRA or Brazit, by G. GARDNER, Ese, 
(With a Plate. Tas. XXIV.)* 
1. Agaricus (Lepiota) cepestipes, Sow. Fr. Ep. p. 17. 
On sandy ground. Oeiras, Prov. of Piauhy. 
Resembling very closely the form represented in Fl. 
Dan. t. 1798. The color of the whole, when gathered, was 
sulphur-yellow. The gills are truly remote; the stem, 
which is equal and slender, not sunk into the pileus ; the ring 
erect and persistent, and the scales of the pileus strongly 
marked. Sporidia yellow, elliptic, rather large, nearly colour- 
less when seen by transmitted light. 
2. A. (Tricholoma) pregrandis, n. s. pileo convexo umbi- 
licato demum expanso viscidulo glabro valde carnoso ; stipite 
valido deorsum incrassato bulboso solido intus fibroso, extus 
subcartilagineo; lamellis adnatis confertis postice leviter ro- 
tundatis, antice falcatis. 
Grassy places. Minas Geraes. Oct. 1840. 
Pileus 8-9 inches in diameter, convex, umbilicate even 
* By an oversight, the numbering on the following plates i is erroneous * 
and the subscribers are requested to correct them, Tab. xxii should be xxi. 
— Tab. xx., xxii.,—Tab. xxi., xxiii.,—and Tab. xxiii, should be xxiv. 
